DISSERTATION PROPOSAL

PROOF OF CONCEPT
PROPOSED DISSERTATION ENQUIRY

ANIMATION & EXAGGERATION/

HYPERREALISM
PROPOSED 3 CHAPTERS

3 MAIN TIMEFRAMES OF ANIMATION

Disneys Golden Age 1937 - 1970

Can one man shape animation?

1990s Animation

Exaggeration makes its final hurrah

2000s Animation

Moving into hyperrealism

KEY THEMES, ISSUES & FRAMEWORK

WHAT WILL IT REVOLVE AROUND?

History of Animation.

Who were the pioneers and how they could have effected the style.

Eras of animation and how the style has shifted universally.

Changing from a cartoon approach to feature films to looking towards a more

realistic look and bending the laws of reality and physics.

How technology might have impacted animation styles.

5 BIG BOOKS

ANIMATION BOOKS
The Animators Survival Kit - Richard E. Williams - This book has many great
examples of classic animation skills. It will be helpful for looking into the
techniques behind the animation.

Cartoon Animation - Preston Blair - A beautifully drawn book explaining 2D

animation and a lot of the principles behind animation.

Pixars Character Encyclopaedia - This book will be good for information

behind Pixars characters and will be useful when trying to show the change in
characters stylisation.
5 BIG BOOKS

HYPERREALITY BOOKS
Hyperreality and global culture - Nick Perry

Travels in Hyperreality: Essays - Umberto Eco

These 2 books will be a a good way to begin my understanding around

hyperreality and how its more than just a drawing/painting phenomenon.
3 USEFUL JOURNAL ARTICLES

JOURNALS AND ONLINE ARTICLES

Animation, Branding and Authorship in the Construction of the Anti-Disney Ethos: Hayao
Miyazakis Works and Persona through Disney Film Criticism

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1746847716660684

Computer Generated Animation as Product Design Engineered Culture, or Buzz Lightyear to

the Sales Floor, to the Checkout and Beyond!

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1746847712438133

Its So Real Its Fake: An Exploration of Realism in Animation

http://www.academia.edu/2941748/
It_s_so_real_it_s_fake_An_exploration_of_realism_in_animation
2 USEFUL WEBSITES

WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION?

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Golden_Age

http://www.traditionalanimation.com
1 USEFUL DOCUMENTARY

WELL MORE THAN ONE

Walt Disney - BBC Documentary now on E Stream

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life - (Netflix)

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman - Netflix

Walt Before Mickey - Netflix

Arena. Roberto Rossellini - (neo-realism - E Stream)

3 KEY IMAGES

FROM EXAGGERATION TO HYPERREALISM

ILLUSTRATION LIST

IMAGERY SOURCES
Donald Duck - Soups on

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/507710557962739298/

Big Hero 6

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/07/disney-announces-voice-cast-
and.html

Emanuele Dascanio

http://www.emanueledascanio.com/en/works/crayon/work-1